On Sunday, August 28, 2016, ROGER GRAYDON CHRISTMAN <d...@psu.edu> wrote:
> > We have a term in our lexicon "duck typing" that traces its origins, in > part to a quote along the lines of > "If it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck, ..." > > ... > > In that case, it would be far more appropriate for use to call this sort > of type analysis "witch typing" > I believe the duck is out of the bag on this one. First the "duck test" that you quote above is over 100 years old. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_test So that's entrenched. Second this isn't a Python-only term anymore and language is notoriously hard to change prescriptively. Third I think the duck test is more appropriate than the witch test which involves the testers faking the results. --- Bruce -- --- Bruce Check out my puzzle book and get it free here: http://J.mp/ingToConclusionsFree (available on iOS)
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